Encounters

Council of Elders – The history of the troll tribes -- the Drakkari, the Farraki, the Amani, and the Gurubashi -- is awash with millennia of betrayal and conflict, but the Zandalari's promise of a new, unstoppable empire has finally united these disparate troll leaders.

Iron Qon – Legends speak of the brutality of Qon and his quilen champions. The fearless mogu commander was dubbed "Iron Qon" by the Thunder King for his unrelenting resolve to claim victory after victory for the empire regardless of the cost.

Durumu the Forgotten – Lei Shen commanded his sorcerers to mold an aberration that could peer into the hearts of his followers and detect betrayal. From this decree, Durumu was given life. The clever entity stubbornly obeyed its masters until the Thunder King's death, at which time it disappeared into the citadel's labyrinthine corridors. Only recently has Durumu, all but forgotten by the mogu, emerged from hiding.

Horridon – The Zandalari brought powerful creatures with them to the Isle of the Thunder King to use as engines of war. Led by the War-God Jalak, the dinomancers of the Zandalari Beast Ward use ancient tribal magics to strengthen the great beasts and command obedience. The horns of Horridon, the fabled mount of Jalak himself, can tear through the stone walls of a keep as a blade cuts silk.

Primordius – Deep within the bowels of Lei Shen's island citadel, mogu flesh-shapers formed the saurok out of a magical substance of unknown origin. When the citadel was abandoned, some experiments languished in the dark pools for far too long....

Megaera – Even the most callous among the mogu quaver at the thought of the dark experiments performed at the Thunder King's behest. Long ago, a young cloud serpent was twisted into a multi-headed hydra and left to languish beneath Lei Shen's throne. Now the twisted creature lurks deep in the Forgotten Depths, awaiting the moment it may finally inflict its terrible agony upon others.

Dark Animus – During his reign, Lei Shen labored to build a mechanical servant that would defend his citadel without fear. When his first attempt failed, rage took hold of the Thunder King. He poured this negative emotion into his next, and most successful, creation: the Dark Animus. To this day, the ornate construct observes its duty, empowered by the mysterious substance at the heart of all mogu flesh-shaping experiments.

Tortos – Over the millennia, small amounts of mogu flesh-shaping magic seeped into the caverns below the Thunder King's citadel. The dark energies warped one of the chamber's native dragon turtles, melding it to the surrounding crystalline walls. Known as Tortos, this amalgamation of flesh and stone has since feasted on the cave's rich mineral deposits and grown to a colossal size.

Jin'rokh the Breaker – When the Thunder King awoke, he rewarded the most loyal and ambitious Zandalari trolls with power beyond their wildest dreams. The berserker Jin'rokh was one of the first to receive the King's blessing, and even though Lei Shen's gifts nearly tore his body apart, the troll is now capable of calling the fury of the storm in battle.

Ji-Kun – Mogu flesh-shapers discarded their failed creations in an abyssal shaft beneath Lei Shen's keep. The reek of decay lured many scavengers to the refuse pit, including the great Ji-Kun. Ruthless and cunning, the monstrous bird devoured her rivals one-by-one until she held sole dominion over the shadowy tunnel.

Twin Consorts – The Twin Consorts are said to be greatest of the Thunder King's treasures. Rumored to be the only known female mogu in existence, Lei Shen keeps his trophies close and their combined arsenal against interlopers closer.

Ra-den – Lei Shen's life changed forever when he stumbled into a dark chamber below what are now the Mogu'shan Vaults. Legend has it he found an ancient titan keeper guarding a miraculous device known as the Engine of Nalak'sha. No one knows what transpired between the two beings, but Lei Shen later emerged from the site bristling with the power to forge an empire. The keeper's fate -- and his current whereabouts -- remain a mystery.

Lei Shen – Tyrant. Dictator. Conqueror. Emperor. These titles of the Thunder King were earned by bringing absolute misery to every race of Pandaria. Resurrected into a world where his people no longer rule, Lei Shen is bent on ending the farce and bringing the land under his heel once more.

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Comment by 0j0n

Let the all of the Thunder puns, songs, etc. comence

Comment by Masdots

Is there any information on how this instance will be set up? Will the bosses follow a linear progression (kill X to open Y, Kill Y to open Z, etc.) or wings like ICC where you can choose who you fight to a degree?

Comment by HunXPlayboy

Tortos is indeed a cool looking silver-blue turtle

Comment by perculia

Emperor Lei Shen, the Thunder King, has returned to wreak his vengeance on Pandaria. It falls to the heroes of the Alliance and the Horde to stop the newly resurrected tyrant and his Zandalari allies in the massive new raid: Throne of Thunder.

Throne of Thunder is a sprawling citadel housing 12 new raid encounters, and players that defeat Emperor Lei Shen in Heroic mode can earn the opportunity to face an additional 13th foe.

The Raid Finder version of the Throne of Thunder will be divided into 4 different wings.

Join the Shado-Pan Assault in their singular drive to see Lei Shen, The Thunder King defeated once and for all, and gain access to impressive Valor reward items. Reputation with this faction can be earned only within the Throne of Thunder raid dungeon.

Comment by perculia

I think LFR will be split like this.Four bosses in each of the three wings (LFR)OR it could be three bosses and four wings, who knows? It seems a bit more possible because LFR takes less time than Normal.

Note that an iLevel of 480 or above is required in order to enter Throne of Thunder LFR.

Bosses

The Throne of Thunder is a massive raid instance featuring 13 bosses, spread around 4 different wings, and following a linear path. The LFR version will be split up into 4 different versions, each featuring 3 bosses (Ra'Den is not available in LFR).

The 13th boss, Ra-Den, is a Heroic only boss similar to Algalon the Observer and is only available to guilds that have killed Lei Shen on Heroic difficulty. Blizzard has stated that Ra-Den is merely a bonus boss for those guilds capable of beating Lei-Shen Heroic, and that Lei-Shen should be considered the final boss of the instance.

Reputation

Defeating mobs in the Throne of Thunder raid instance will earn you reputation with the Shado-Pan Assault. You will earn reputation from defeating bosses once a week on any difficulty, including LFR, but only on your first kill for the week, regardless of difficulty. This means you cannot run LFR and Normal/Heroic for double reputation, but it does mean that you can run LFR in order to get the reputation from bosses that your guild isn't killing on Normal mode yet.

You get the following reputation for killing mobs inside the Throne of Thunder (before any bonusses):

Both the quests and Insignia's will grant reputation past Friendly. Since getting to 2999/3000 Neutral can be done by farming trash, it's wise to save the Insignia's (and possibly quests) until after reaching that point. Note that the Insignia's are BoA, so if you get any on your alts, you can mail them to your main!

Reputation Rewards

There are rewards at Neutral, Friendly and Exalted status with the SPA:

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Comment by christehchris

Biggest raid yet?

Comment by Bezlek

I don't see this information on the loot tables so I figured I'd ask this question directed to someone who has been inside and cleared a good bit of trash mobs on PTR or now that the patch is live. Do the trash mobs drop epic loot or patterns in a way like FL did?

Comment by popje

Essence of the Breeze work in Throne of Thunder, I found this quite useful in the first boss fight since it give you a big movement boost the whole fight. Will probably be patched soon though.

Comment by Kvksi9139

If to add to Ra-den letter i than he becomes Raiden :D which is god of thunder from Mortal Combat that was fighting for mortal world.

Comment by rwevz2

this raid is amazing

Comment by Enthorn

List of Raid Zones and Heroic Scenarios with ilevel requirements and ilevel of drops. Upgraded (2/2) ilevel listed in parentheses.

Heroic Scenarios(Blood in the Snow, Crypt of Forgotten Kings, Dark Heart of Pandaria, The Secrets of Ragefire)Queue Requirement: 480 - Requires group of 3 persons in party to queue.Normal: 516 (524)Note: Item rewards, if any, are contained in Heroic Cache of Treasures. Equipment has base stats and random enchantments relevant to class and specialization (determined upon opening), though stats may not be ideal by any means. Non-helm items do not have sockets on them; helms have meta and gem sockets.

I was going to post that to each of the individual LFR sets, but I have to wait over a minute between postings and there are a lot of sets, so I'm posting it here. I was looking for a quick layout of where to find each piece and couldn't find a nice one, so I made one.

If you want to post it to one of the set pages, or modify it somehow, here is the code

Comment by jnqbus

Did anyone had the great pleasure of falling through the world here? It happened to me once in the past and once yesterday - somewhere close to the last fight of the first wing (Council of Elders). I was going with the raid and suddenly landed in water below. It would not be a big issue but the game kept dcing me after that. One lucky login allowed me to port out. Still got the Valor though.

Comment by 128BPM

Is ToT soloable at level 100?

Comment by Goodwinn

The MapID of Throne of Thunder is 930. This is used for any WoW API function that requires a MapID.

For example, to set your current map to Throne of Thunder you can type: